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Matthew Sunderland
Matthew "Matt" Sunderland (born c.1972) is a New Zealand actor. He performed the lead role of David Gray in the feature film Out of the Blue, based on the events of the Aramoana Massacre. At the New Zealand Screen Awards in 2008 he won Best Actor Award for this role. Sunderland was also nominated for a Best Actor Award in the 2006 NZ Screen Awards for Natures Way, which screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. His other feature film roles include A Song of Good, Christmas, Stringer and Woodenhead as well as more than twenty short films. Sunderland graduated from The New Zealand Drama School Toi Whakaari in 1997 and has concentrated on New Zealand film work with numerous theatre excursions also. He has appeared at the Silo Theatre (Fool for Love, Blasted), and the Herald Theatre (Trainspotting) in Auckland, and the Court Theatre in Christchurch (Peninsula) . Sunde…
Filmography
movieCellar Door
2024 · Male Party Guest
tvTerritory
2024 · Elton
tvPlum
2024 · Charles Bukowski
movieMorning Hate
2024 · Sunken Man
movieA Mistake
2023 · Owen
movieFreedom Fighter
2023
movieTales from the Apocalypse
2022 · Mark
movieThe Stranger
2022 · Controller / Cleaner
moviePearl
2022 · Father
Saviour
movieSaviour
2022 · Reed
movieBloody Hell
2020 · Father
A Moray
movieA Moray
2019 · Marlon
movieSavage
2019 · Dad
movieThe Nightingale
2018 · Davey
movie6 Days
2017 · Tom Lovett
movieThe Lost City of Z
2017 · Dan
movieCradle
2016 · Mark
tvWanted
2016 · Bryce
movieBacktrack
2015 · Steve, Barry's Brother
movieThe Little Death
2014 · Wiry Man
movieThe Weight of Elephants
2013 · Uncle Rory
movieExistence
2012 · Rider
movieThe Devil's Rock
2011 · Col Klaus Meyer
movieUnder the Mountain
2009 · Wilberforce Drone 1
Vostok Station
movieVostok Station
2009
moviePoppy
2009 · Paddy
movieKiss Me Deadly
2008 · Vigo
movieThe Last Magic Show
2007 · Lemuel
movieOut of the Blue
2006 · David Gray
movieWoodenhead
2003 · Tramp's vocals, Gustav the Strongman
movieChristmas
2003 · Brett
Teach You a Lesson
movieTeach You a Lesson
2000 · Brother
movieLetters About the Weather
1999 · Kade
POP
moviePOP
1999 · MAN
tvHercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995 · Shepherd
movieDesperate Remedies
1993 · Chorus #15
tvPower Rangers
1993 · Monster General #2 (voice)